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For the purposes of this list:
- acronym = an abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS = severe acute respiratory syndrome, pronounced to rhyme with cars
- initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee
- pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
- (a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
- (i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
- (p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p) United Nations Development Fund for Women
- (s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz – megahertz)
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g., VoIP, pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P.
Because of the list's size, acronyms and initialisms beginning with certain characters appear in separate articles.
Contents
0–9
- 1, = Onekama, Michigan
- 2D - (i) Two-dimensional
- 2.5D - (p) "Two-and-a-half-dee": two-dimensional computer graphics where some flat images lie in front of others
- 2G - (i) Second-generation mobile (cellular, wireless) telephone system
- 2.5G - (p) Second-and-a-half-generation mobile telephone system
- 3D - (i) Three-dimensional
- 3G - (i) Third-generation mobile telephone system
- 3i - (i) Investors In Industry (venture capitalists)
- 3M - (i) Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
- 4D - (i) Four-dimensional (usually three spatial plus one temporal dimension, sometimes 4 spatial ones)
- 4G - (i) Fourth-generation mobile telephone system
- 4GL - (i) Fourth-generation programming language
- 4WD - (i) Four Wheel Drive (cf. AWD)
A
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B
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C
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D
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E
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F
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G
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H
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I
See List of acronyms and initialisms: I
J
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K
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L
See List of acronyms and initialisms: L
M
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N
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O
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P
See List of acronyms and initialisms: P
Q
See List of acronyms and initialisms: Q
R
See List of acronyms and initialisms: R
S
See List of acronyms and initialisms: S
T
See List of acronyms and initialisms: T
U
See List of acronyms and initialisms: U
V
See List of acronyms and initialisms: V
W
See List of acronyms and initialisms: W
X
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Y
See List of acronyms and initialisms: Y
Z
See List of acronyms and initialisms: Z
Contents
See also
- Terms for market segments
- List of Internet slang phrases
- Backronym
- List of AAR reporting marks
- List of portmanteaus
- List of government and military acronyms
- List of medical abbreviations
- List of U.S. Army acronyms and expressions
- Misplaced Pages:List of all single-digit-single-letter combinations
- Misplaced Pages:List of all single-letter-single-digit combinations
- Misplaced Pages:List of all single-letter-double-digit combinations
External links
- AbbreviationZ.com directory of acronyms and abbreviations (over 330,000 entries)
- Acronym Finder searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 575,000 entries)
- Acronym Search searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 50,000 entries)
- Acronyms List searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 40,000 entries)
- Acronym Server searchable database of acronyms and abbreviations (over 20,000 entries)
- Apronyms & Acronyms
- Abbreviations used in Genealogy
- Australian Government abbreviations and acronyms
- Canadian Government abbreviations and acronyms
- IT Acronyms
- Logistics World - U.S. Government and Military Acronyms
- Need an apronym created?
- Special Dictionary Acronyms and abbreviation database with lookup function
- The Free Acronym Dictionary, by Farlex
- U.S. DoD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
- U.S. Government abbreviations and acronyms